Creating/Editing a Course

Course Details

This section lets you specify the course name, categories, description, and learning content and learning material of the course.

Course Name is the name of the course you are creating. Give your course a unique, descriptive name.

Course Category allows you to place your course into zero or more categories. You may use zero or more course categories.

Description (optional) will allow you to provide your students with a brief description of the course.

Learning Content - in this section, you get to choose the type of learning content your students will see when they first open the course. You have three types to choose from.

Video Link (YouTube or Vimeo) - simply place the full link (including https://) to the video.

* Note: if you're using Vimeo, strict mode may not lock out scrubbing since play bar settings are controlled from the video account and not the player.

Slideshow Link - provide the link to a slideshow. This will have to be a learning content link (for example, a link to a Slideshare slideshow). Also, the course will need to be in Loose mode for the students to be able to get beyond the end of the slideshow.

SCORM File - use a SCORM file as the learning type. Read more about SCORM files here.

Learning Material - you can add additional material (images, PowerPoint files, etc.) that will appear on the right-hand side of the course, and is available for students to open/download. However, you can only add these to the course after the course has been created. You would go to Courses > Manage Courses and click the drop-down under the Actions column and choose Edit (see below image). It is only then that you are allowed to add extra content.

Thumbnail Image - this is an icon that will appear for that course on your Manage Courses page, as well as on the school dashboard. (Think of it as a way to visually identify your different courses.) This image should be a 128px by 128px jpeg, png, or bmp file.

Questions

After clicking the "Create Course" button (for a new course) or the "Update Course" button (for a course that's being edited), the screen will refresh and you will see a Questions tab appear at the top. It is from the Questions tab that you can specify if the course is loose or strict (courses are loose by default).

Loose means that students can skip the learning content and go immediately to the questions. They will be able to see if their answers are correct as soon as they choose their answer.

Strict means that the student must finish all learning content material before being able to move on to the questions.